Question

multiple choice 20 points given the mrna strand, what is the resulting amino - acid sequence? aug - gcu - uuu - cga - uaa use either codon chart as your reference: o met - arg - gln - stop o stop - gln - phe - arg - met o ala - met - arg - phe - stop o met - ala - phe - arg - stop

Explanation:

Step1: Identify start codon

AUG codes for Methionine (Met).

Step2: Translate GCU

GCU codes for Alanine (Ala).

Step3: Translate UUU

UUU codes for Phenylalanine (Phe).

Step4: Translate CGA

CGA codes for Arginine (Arg).

Step5: Identify stop codon

UAA is a stop codon.

Answer:

Met - Ala - Phe - Arg - Stop